# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第五百三条 (Article 503) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-503. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Law: 会社法 (Companies Act), 平成十七年法律第八十六号 - English title "Companies Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第五百三条 (Article 503)（清算からの除斥） — address `art-503` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-503 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-503 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五百三条（清算からの除斥） — (Exclusion from Liquidation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-503 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-503 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-503 **第一項** 清算株式会社の債権者（知れている債権者を除く。）であって第四百九十九条第一項の期間内にその債権の申出をしなかったものは、清算から除斥される。 art-503/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-503/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-503/par-1 Creditors of a liquidating stock company (excluding known creditors) who fail to state their claims during the period under Article 499, paragraph (1) are excluded from the liquidation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定により清算から除斥された債権者は、分配がされていない残余財産に対してのみ、弁済を請求することができる。 art-503/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-503/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-503/par-2 Creditors who are excluded from the liquidation pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph may demand the performance with respect to the residual assets that are not distributed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 清算株式会社の残余財産を株主の一部に分配した場合には、当該株主の受けた分配と同一の割合の分配を当該株主以外の株主に対してするために必要な財産は、前項の残余財産から控除する。 art-503/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-503/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-503/par-3 If residual assets of a liquidating stock company have been distributed to some shareholders, the assets necessary for the distribution to shareholders other than relevant shareholders in the same proportion as that applied for the distribution received by relevant shareholders are deducted from the residual assets under the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-503/par-1: 第四百九十九条第一項 → 会社法 第四百九十九条第一項 (Article 499, paragraph (1)), art-499/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-499/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-499/par-1 - art-503/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第五百三条第一項 (Article 503, paragraph (1)), art-503/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-503/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-503/par-1 - art-503/par-3: 前項 → 会社法 第五百三条第二項 (Article 503, paragraph (2)), art-503/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-503/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-503/par-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第五百三条第二項（清算からの除斥） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-503/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-503/par-2 - 会社法 第五百三条第三項（清算からの除斥） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-503/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-503/par-3 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 会社法 — the text in force from 2026-08-12 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/417AC0000000086/20260812_508AC0000000064), retrieved 2026-09-17 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Companies Act — Ministry of Justice translation (part 1 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4481/tb), retrieved 2026-09-17 - This site's parser, version 223 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17